BNC ID Gloss Phonetic Word Category Pl Phonetic 001 ANIMAL ˋɲàm ˋɲam 003 ARMPIT ka-wɛjɛŋ nà- 004 ARROW -hwɛt ŋ̀- 005 ASHES n-tɔ́ŋ 006 ASK (A QUESTION) dzɨm 007 BAD (BE), TO -bíbjí à- 008 BEAN ɟʒɔq 010 BELLY ka̍-hwa̍ na̍- 011 BITE bvɔk´ V kwei´ 012 BUFFALO ‘dzâit ‘dza̍it 013 BUILD, TO (CF. SEW) nɔk 014 CALABASH -rjei à- 015 CARVE *ʃab 016 CHARCOAL di-tja̍n na̍- 017 CHILD ka̍-wɔn ná-wɔ́n 018 COME OUT uruq 019 COOL, BE(COME) TO *ʃrim 020 CORPSE kuɔm ŋ̀-kuɔ́m 021 COUNT: DRAW A LINE *twaŋ, *kwad raŋ 022 COW/CATTLE ɲàk ɲák 023 CRAB ʌ̀ŋkràŋ bʌŋkraŋ 024 CROCODILE tsâŋ tsa̍ŋ 025 DANCE, TO swɔŋ (ɔ/o?) 026 DEPTH dijju; tsúŋ 027 DIE: DEATH kwú, dù-kwù 028 DIVIDE, SHARE OUT, TO ka̍: ˋ 029 DRAW (WATER), TO kwad 030 BECOME DRY, TO kwɔt´ 032 EAT, TO ya̍:’ 033 EGG dí-ʧí ~ di-ʧi nà-ʧì 034 ELEPHANT dzwɔ̂m dzwɔm 035 EXTINGUISHED, BE TO *ri-ɣuwoŋ 036 EYE dì-s:u a̍- 037 FALL, TO kpá 038 FAT, OIL, GREASE gicʃɛ (nà), bɔ́ŋkwán(bâ) 039 FEAR ka̍wuin 040 FEMALE àrànbirʌŋ banjirʌŋ 041 FIREWOOD *n-kwon 042 FOREST (BUSH) ka̍-hwɔŋ, (ka̍-)jít nà-hwɔ̀ŋ ~ nà-hwɔ̀ŋ-a̍, na̍- 043 CHICKEN/FOWL ɲu-ɛ̀n ɲu-ɛ́n 044 FRY, TO BAKE IN ASHES, TO *kraŋ, *ʃwai antoŋ 045 GIVE, TO ura̍k ˋ, *naŋ 046 GO, WALK, TO nát, cʃɔ́ŋ 047 GRASSHOPPER *a-nkpei 048 GROW, BECOME STRONG, TO *tub, *ba di ʧed 049 GUINEA-FOWL ʤɛ̂n ʤɛn 050 HEAD di-cʃ:u à- 051 HEART bvúrja bvúrjá 052 HEAVY gbá:rjɛt 053 HOE: CULTIVATE ka̍p’ 054 KILL, TO hwa̍it; hwa̍:i’ 055 LEG, FOOT -ta̍k à- 056 LEOPARD (‘PANTHER’) cʃw-íì cʃw-ii 057 LIE DOWN, STRETCH ONESELF, SLEEP, TO (ḿ)ḿ(j)í (kabjɛn), *nda 058 LICK, TO *rjai 060 MEAT ˋɲàm ˋɲám 061 MOULD TO *nɔ̌k 062 MOUNT, TO wúráq 063 NAME díjírɔ́k a̍jírɔ́k 064 NIGHT: DAY OF 24 HOURS *kə́-túk, *nom nə́- 065 FAN PALM (BORASSUS AETHIOPUM) tswân,*tsswɔ̂k tswán,tsswɔ́k 066 PERSON à-jɪn ba̍-ɲɛt 067 PIG (DOMESTIC, WILD) *à-lɛ́dé, dzíja̍g, *dzèák bə̀ə̀-lɛde’, dzíjág; dzéák 068 PRESS, SQUEEZE OUT, MILK *h ú 069 QUARREL *dzɔ́k *hwɔ́n V, N 070 RAPHIA PALM da̍bɪnɔ H. 071 REFUSE, RETAIN, TO ɽa̍k’ ɽa̍:i´ 072 RESEMBLE, BE EQUAL TO *táj 073 ROAD: PATH *-ɽjɛn -ɽjɛ́n, nàtà-;nɛ̀tɛ̀ 074 ROAST ON COALS, TO ʃwe’i ˋ; *ʃwɛ̂j 075 ROT, TO *bvíc̜ 076 RUBBISH-HEAP *də́-bvɔ́ nà-bvɔ̀ 077 SEND: WORK *tɔ́m. *-pfɔŋ tsɔ́p m̀-pfɔ́ŋ; *pfɔ́ŋ 078 TRAP, TO SET A *tsàm (tárkó) (n. = H.) 079 SEW, TO *twə́j 080 SHINE, BE LIGHT, BE WHITE TO *sáj, *ə̀-ʤíʤàt 081 SING *bvɔ́m 082 SKIN, HIDE, BARK -kpa̍, *kpá, *-gúŋgwúk à-; à-, à- 083 SMELL (OF): SMELL (TR.) *míjə́ŋ 084 SNAKE *ɽjík ǹ-djík 085 SONG *à-bvɔ́m 086 SPEAK, TO hwa̍; krã́(ŋ) 087 TO SPIT *tá bánʃɥà 088 SPREAD IN SUN TO DRY, TO *ʧýɽúŋ 089 STICKY, TO BE *máát 090 STONE, ROCK kpáŋ kpáŋ 091 TAKE OUT OF: EMPTY *bwə́j 092 THING *kjáŋ ŋ̀-kjâŋ 093 TONGUE, LANGUAGE *dí-rjám, *wáp à-, ǹ- 094 TOOTH *dɪ́-ɲí à- 095 TORTOISE à-kùkúú bá-kúkùù 096 TREE *kə́-kwàn nə́-kwán 097 TWIN *kə́-ɕɥáj nɛ̀-ɕɥàj 098 WANT (DESIRE): LACK SEEK cʃa̍t, **saŋ 099 WAR *dzóáŋ 100 WATER *báʃákwɔ̀t 101 WING *hwéàk ŋ̀-hwèák 102 WOMAN, WIFE *àrɛ̀mbírə́ŋ, *ə̀mbjɪ́rə́ŋ báɲírə́ŋ, báɲírə́ŋ 103 ONE **əjriŋ 104 TWO -hwa (cl. 10 swa̍) *à-hwa̍ 106 FOUR -na:ì (cl. 10 ɲá:ì) 107 FIVE -pfwń (cl. io tswə̀n) *ə̀-pfwán 108 SIX (ba̍gwa̍m) a̍kə́tàt 109 SEVEN (ba̍gwa̍m)àtì:rŋˋ 110 EIGHT (ba̍gwa̍m) a̍nina̍i 111 NINE bagwam ə́kumvu írŋ 112 TEN ba̍gwa̍n swa̍k 113 FIFTEEN swak ba pfwɔn 114 TWENTY **nswakmua 115 HUNDRED tʧi 116 FOUR HUNDRED ʧʃi jai (ɲai ?) 117 THOUSAND **ʧji swag